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June 26, 2011

Summer is the time for
the students to relax and have fun but it is also time for some students to
work on their project. For my daughter, she is to interview a farmer about “the
change in farming system” for her geography project. Ever since her exams are
over, she has been frantically looking for a farmer to interview for her
project but we can hardly see any farms nearby. The nearest farm is more 20 kms
away and I have promised her a trip to a neighbouring farm for her group after
the LG election.

June 23, 2011

The issue of gender
equality is a talk of everyday. And its promotion across the globe is a shared
concern and repeated discourse in any international forums. It is, in fact, one
of the tenets of every nation’s planned developmental projects. The education
for female child, for this reason is, what I considered a matter most urgent and
needs to be given new meaning.

June 21, 2011

I woke up at dawn and
woke up my daughter for her revision. She is writing her exams and she still
has some more papers to write before her summer holidays unlike the students of
my school who must be in deep slumbers unaware of the dawn breaking and their
mothers getting ready for the day.

June 19, 2011

It shocks me to learn
how some men fool the innocent village girls. (Sorry if I sound feminist) but I
can’t help it here. I was just having a chit chat with my regular group of
friend in the staffroom when a colleague joined us. What he shared left us bewildered.
Can a man go to that extent to satisfy his lust? (Oops! Sorry for generalizing
again) well, without much ado, let me narrate some of the excerpts from his
life.

June 17, 2011

You visit any garment
shop in Thimphu or elsewhere, I am sure you can find beautifully woven
half-kiras neatly piled on the shelves which is usually known as “Meche Kira” (because the clothes are woven
by Bodo women of Assam).

June 15, 2011

With the approach of the
summer break, all the people near me are busy planning for their break but not
without complain. Unlike the previous years, this year the education ministry
issued an office order stating different summer break timing for different
Dzongkhags and some of the schools had to bring forward their exams. Some are
still wondering on the different summer break timing because the LG election
will be held uniformly on the 27th of this month.

June 11, 2011

I don’t exactly
remember when I actually started reading but I guess, it has mostly been
influenced by the Irish teacher that we had way back in the mid 80s. She used
to be our neighbour and had a nice collection of fairy tales and lady bird
books. Her resource room in the school used to be filled with colourful posters
and books and she used to read to us. Gradually, I started borrowing her fairy
tales and before I knew, I found myself helping her in the resource room and
reading more books.

June 8, 2011

Men often say women
gossip a lot. (oops sorry…if I am being bias here) It’s just a cliché.
Gossip has come a long way and now in the digital world we can even gossip with
strangers on the online forum. For instance, there is always something to
reflect upon after reading the post on kuenselonline forum. Normally I don’t visit
the forum but sometimes it’s hard to ignore it.

June 7, 2011

The birthdays always
excites me. It doesn’t matter whether its mine or others but it kind of gives
us an excuse to communicate. I usually do not celebrate my birthdays (out of
habit) but my daughter never stops surprising me. She remembers everyone’s birthdays and doesn’t
forget to wish them at every opportunity. :)

June 5, 2011

A friend once asked, “Where are you planning to construct your
house?” I stared at her baffled since I did not know what she was talking
about. It was only after some queries that I came to know she was planning to
construct a house after having bought a plot of land. But for me, a house was
not in the scene for some years. When I said so to my friend, she lectured me on
giving a second thought on she said and reminded me that it was time for me to
think about myself and my family. Hmm…now, that made me think…” Am I doing the
right thing?”